The University of Iowa, a pioneer in Informatics research, will host a data science institute featuring a number of mini-classes the week of January 7-10, 2019. The workshop is a collaborative effort between the Iowa Social Science Research Center (ISRC) and the Iowa Informatics Initiative (UI3). The institute will teach participants about the basic building blocks of coding as applied in the fields of the Biological, Physical, Social Sciences, and Digital Humanities. We welcome faculty, staff, post-docs, graduate, and undergraduate students interested in building new skills in informatics. The topics for Spring 2019 include Introduction to Python, R, STATA and High Performance Computing. Faculty from UI3, Educational Measurement and Statistics and Political Science will teach the courses.

The Data Science Institute is sponsored by the Iowa Informatics Initiative (UI3) and the Iowa Social Science Research Center (ISRC).

The Data Science Institute for Spring 2019 will take place in Room # 40 Schaeffer Hall.

This introductory class will cover the basic elements in Python data analytics and provide hands-on practice. The topics to be covered include an introduction to data analytics and Python, Python basics for data analysis, and data preparation/exploration/visualization using widely used data analytics libraries in Python. Participants will also be able to learn how to take advantage of an interactive web-based data analytics environment called Jupyter Notebook. No prior experience in Python is necessary for this class. Participants will be expected to bring their own laptops.

This hands on course will provide an introduction to the tidyverse, a data analysis framework in R that provides users a simple vocabulary to data analysis. Topics covered will include: introduction to data visualization, data management, and exploratory data analysis using the tidyverse. This course is intended to be hands on, therefore attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop with R and RStudio already installed. No prior R knowledge is needed.

This session is intended for anyone who will be running jobs on Argon. The training session covers the following aspects:

How to make the most effective use of HPC resources

Connecting to the Argon cluster

Launching HPC jobs

Getting your data to and from Argon

Getting access to the software you need

For Introduction to HPC using Argon workshop, attendees need an account on the HPC cluster, Argon. If you do not have an account on Argon, you cannot do the hands-on session. Please apply HERE if you do not have an account.

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society and Hardin Library invite you to a lecture by Dr. Allyn Mark:Charles Dotter and Andreas Gruentzig: the Personal Stories of Two Pioneers Who Transformed the Practice of Cardiovascular Medicine

Thursday, November 85:30-6:30pmHardin Library Room 401

Using photographs and videos of “Crazy Charlie Dotter” and Andreas Gruentzig in Action, Dr. Mark tells the personal stories and pioneering discoveries that transformed radiology and cardiology in the late 20th Century. Dotter emerged as the father of interventional medicine and Gruentzig as father of interventional cardiology. Dotter and Gruentzig were colorful, charismatic and lived life on the edge.

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program please call Janna Lawrence at 319-335-9871.